Being brief here as I leave in a few minutes for work. Early mornings... UGH. The money better be worth it ( Read more... )

Okay, so... I was recently clued in to this video by a buddy's journal, and I just can't help having something to say about this whole issue.

Firstly though let me completely absolve both big_wired ~and~ André Meadows (who made the video) of any and all blame or bad vibes - I'm not saying André doesn't have a valid point OR that I even disagree with him, ( Read more... )

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Let me preface this by saying that I know losing family members is hard. I haven't had it happen in a while thankfully, but while the last really close relative lost was almost 20 years ago I can still remember the feelings of it ( Read more... )

So another three weeks since the last..I'm either really lazy or really busy, or maybe somewhere in between. Regardless, I have a little anecdote to share ( Read more... )

So almost two weeks since the last entry, I come back to report that things in my life continue to move along in a pretty normal progression without anything tremendous coming along to shake things up - for which I'm very appreciative, in case any of those cosmic entities humans worship happen to be listening ( Read more... )

Everyone and their grandmother's false teeth seem to be weighing in on gun control ~the hell again~ in the wake of the whole Colorado thing, and I guess I've got my own take, though you'll probably hear everything I have to say from a whole bunch of other sources. And though I ~hope~ I don't draw any aggro, I know people tend to get defensive about ( Read more... )

Alright, so... starting with after work on Friday, I did some random things (and some packing) and eventually went with Take and Jaz to see Dark Knight Rises. Short form, it was pretty good, weird but I liked it and will ~probably~ own it some day when I find it for cheap enough ( Read more... )

So tomorrow morning, I'm participating in the first wave of the Great 2012 American Invasion of Canada, three brave souls venturing deep into the heart of Ontario on a mission to assess and bring back samples of the native plastic deposits. If we find all that we have reason to think we will, the larger forces can come and plunder that rich land. ( Read more... )

So as I've noted a number of times in the last 7+ years, I go to conventions. Mostly devoted to anime, though I'm now starting to branch out a little bit more and kind of liking what I'm seeing... who knows what might come of the future ( Read more... )